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Megadeth - Fatal Illusion Bass

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Fatal Illusion Bass

(ver. 1)
Megadeth
Song Intro

F||--------------------------------------|
C||--------------------------------------|       
G||------------------/7---6---5---4------|
D||--0-1-2-3-4-3-2-0-----0---0---0-------|

Bass Intro / Riff
  
F||--------------|--------------------------------------|  Except the low Ds the
C||--------------|--2p-0---0------3p-2p-0---2p-0--------|  notes are all 16th.
G||--------------|-------2---1h-2---------3-----3p-2----|  Play it fast (around 
D||-----------0--|-----------------------------------0--|  135 bpm).

F||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
C||--2p-0---0------3p-2p-0---2p-0--------|--2p-0---0------3p-2p-0---2p-0--------|
G||-------2---1h-2---------3-----3p-2----|-------2---1h-2---------3-----3p-2----|
D||-----------------------------------0--|-----------------------------------0--|

First Variation (4th bar)                    Second Variation (8th bar)
F||--------------------------------------|   F||--------------------------------------|
C||--2p-0---0----------------------------|   C||--2p-0---0----------------------------|
G||-------2---1h-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|   G||-------2---1h-2-----------------------|
D||--------------------------------------|   D||-----------------0-3-----0-3----------|

Verse
       *  *      *  *  *               
F||--------------------------|  * = Staccato     
C||--------------------------|  Play for 8 times.  
G||-4-------234-----------23-|                    
D||----2--5------2--5--5-----|  

/----------MAIN RIFF AGAIN----------/  Same as before.
/----------VERSE AGAIN--------------/  8 times as before, then variation.

Verse Varation       
       *  *      *  *  *      
F||--------------------------|  * = Staccato     
C||--------------------------|  Play for 2 times. Then play the old verse for 2 times,
G||-5-------345-----------34-|  then again this for 2 times and then               
D||----3--6------3--6--6-----|  finish with the old one (2 times).

Second Riff (headbang time) 

F||--------------------------------|  Listen to the song to get the timing, around 2:30.
C||--------------------------------|  8 times.   
G||-----------------------2h3p2p0--|
D||--2---2-2-3p2p0-2---2-----------|

Variation

F||--------------------------------|  Hold it for 2 bars
C||--------------------------------|
G||--3333333333333333333333333333--|
D||--------------------------------|

/---------SECOND RIFF AGAIN--------/ 2 bars

Variation (changes the end)

F||--------------------------------|  Hold it for 2 bars
C||--------------------------------|  
G||--3333333333333333333555559999--|
D||--------------------------------|

/---------SECOND RIFF AGAIN--------/ 4 bars (the 4th bar end a bit early into the Bridge)

Bridge 
Just the first time                   Always 2 times
F||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
C||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
G||----------------------------------|---------7-------7--------------|
D||-22222222222222221111111111111111-|-00000000-0000000---8--7--6-----|

Play this instead of the first bars   Always 2 times (before the ending there are 4)
F||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
C||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|  
G||----------------------------------|---------7-------7--------------|
D||-00000000000000000000000000000000-|-00000000-0000000---8--7--6-----|

Ending (2 times)

F||------------------------------------------------------| 
C||------------------------------------------------------|  
G||-----------2-2-------4-4-------5-5-------1-1-1--1-1-1-|
D||-5-5--2-2-------2-2-------2-2-------2-2---------------|            
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